The Frank Muir Book: An Irreverent Companion to Social HistoryPearson Education New Zealand Limited, 1976 - 372 pages |
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Page 297
... wine and was drunken ' . But then he had been through rather a trying time . The prophet Mohammed had a nasty experience with wine when young , and when later he became a religious leader he pronounced wine to be an abomination and ...
... wine and was drunken ' . But then he had been through rather a trying time . The prophet Mohammed had a nasty experience with wine when young , and when later he became a religious leader he pronounced wine to be an abomination and ...
Page 299
... wine production centred mainly along the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle . Vineyards dating back to the twelth century produced white wine which was esteemed by many , but not all : The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines ...
... wine production centred mainly along the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle . Vineyards dating back to the twelth century produced white wine which was esteemed by many , but not all : The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines ...
Page 300
... wine ( as you may recollect in England ) : but it don't exhilarate - it makes me savage and suspicious . Laudanum ... wine in his time ; Dom PĂ©rignon , the Benedictine monk , did not discover how to put the fizz into it until the latter ...
... wine ( as you may recollect in England ) : but it don't exhilarate - it makes me savage and suspicious . Laudanum ... wine in his time ; Dom PĂ©rignon , the Benedictine monk , did not discover how to put the fizz into it until the latter ...
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